Here
James I lived, and James II was born, and it was a favourite
residence of James III. From these walls the "Good Man of
Ballangeich" made many an excursion, and here James V and James VI
were indoctrinated at the feet of that stern preceptor, George
Buchanan, and the seventh James and the second of England visited
here in company with the future Queen Anne and the last of the
Stuarts.
[Illustration: THE PALACE, STIRLING CASTLE.]
[Illustration: STIRLING BRIDGE. "At Stirling Bridge Wallace defeated the
army of fifty thousand soldiers sent against him by Edward I; ... it was
a battle won by strategy."]
[Illustration: STIRLING CASTLE. "The ramparts of the castle command the
noblest prospect imaginable--from the top of the walls the sites of
seven battlefields were pointed out to us."]
Such was the official description of the place we were now visiting. As
our guide conducted us through the archway into the castle, he showed us
the old chains that worked the portcullis. We noted how cautious the old
occupants of these strongholds were, for while one of the massive doors
was being drawn up the other went down, so that the inner entrance was
always protected.
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